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dunce

[duhns] / dʌns /


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If you do think that he could, please step forward and claim your complimentary dunce cap, and infuse it with your own naivete.

From Salon • May 5, 2023

Recall children in dunce caps, perjurers in pillories, adulterers branded with scarlet letters.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022

Come December, the predictor will either be wearing a dunce cap or a genius cap.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2021

No word on whether a dunce cap has been issued.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2021

“I do think that,” she said, “and that’s why I’m feeling like such a dunce right now.”

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech




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